Conor McGrady

Page 1 | Biography


Education
1996-98 MFA, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
1992-95 BA Honors Fine Art (First Class), University of Northumbria, Newcastle, UK
1991-92 Foundation Studies in Fine Art, Cumbria College of Art & Design, Carlisle, UK




Solo Exhibitions
2010
The Judgement of History, Miyako Yoshinaga Art Prospects, New York.
On Foreign Soil, Saltworks Gallery, Atlanta
2009
Towards an Eternal Dawn, Gallery Karas, HDLU, Zagred, Croatia.
2008
Green & Pleasant Land, Saltworks Gallery, Atlanta.
2007
New Arcadia, M.Y. Art Prospects, New York
2006
Purity, Thomas Robertello Gallery, Chicago
Social Security, Customs House Gallery, South Shields, Tyneside, UK
2005
A New Order, Saltworks Gallery, Atlanta
2004
Civil Abuse, Ratio 3, San Francisco
Cul-De-Sac, GFL Gallery, New York
By Imperial Design, Red Dot Gallery, New York
2002
Drawings, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago
Paintings, NFA Space, Chicago
2000
Conflicted Views Part II: Retribution, NFA Space, Chicago
Legacy of Oppression, Feile an Phobail, Belfast, N. Ireland
1998
State Portraits, Contemporary Art Workshop, Chicago
1997
Using Our Bodies Against Us, Yello Gallery, Chicago
Suspect Community, 500 Nations, Chicago
1995
Recent Work, Newcastle Playhouse Gallery, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK
Human Faces, X-Site Gallery, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK
1994
Mirror, Message, Manifestation, Long Gallery, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK




Group Exhibitions
2011
First Class/Second Class, Asya Geisberg Gallery, New York.
2009-10
Archiving Place & Time: Contemporary Art Practice in Northern Ireland since the Belfast Agreement, Holden Gallery at Manchester Metropolitan, Manchester (UK); Wolverhampton Art Musuem (UK); Millennium Court Arts Centre, Portadown (N. Ireland).
2009
Partisan, Curated by Mary Jane Jacob for Art Chicago, Chicago.
2008
State of the Union, Thomas Robertello Gallery, Chicago.
2008
New Works on Paper, OH+T Gallery, Boston.
2007
Time Sensitive Material, IMPACT 5 Conference, KUMU Art Museum, Tallinn, Estonia.
2007
Spectral Evidence, Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn, NY.
2007
Winter Exhibition, Claremorris Gallery, Claremorris, Ireland.
2006
Seeing the Invisible, Riccardo Crespi Gallery, Milan, Italy.
2006
Liquid Paper, Ratio 3, San Francisco.
2005
Copilandia, Centro de Arte de Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain.
2005
Gimme Shelter, Saltworks Gallery, Atlanta.
2005
After Effects, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, Tribeca Performing Arts Center, NY.
2005
Summer Pleasures, Mark Moore Gallery, Santa Monica, California.
2005
Fifteen Paces, Smack Mellon, Brooklyn, New York.
2004
The New Collusion, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago.
2003
Phantom Arch, White Columns, New York
2003
Re:Figure, Gahlberg Gallery, MacAninch Arts Center, College of DuPage, Illinois.
2002-03
Settlement: A Project of the Culture & Conflict Group, Gallery 400 at UIC, Chicago; Galway Arts Centre, Galway (Ireland); Pilots Row Arts Centre, Derry (N. Ireland).
2002
Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York


Bibliography
2010
Archiving Place & Time: Contemporary Art Practice in Northern Ireland since the Belfast Agreement, Catalogue, MCAC, N. Ireland.
2009
Eternal Summer, Catalogue, Gallery Karas, HDLU, Zagreb, Croatia.
2009
Drain: Journal of Contemporary Art & Culture, Issue 09 Cruelty, Art Projects.
2007
Inaugural Exhibition: Eleven Artists, Catalogue, Claremorris Gallery, Mayo, Ireland.
2006
Radical History Review Issue 95, New Imperialisms, Spring, Duke University Press.
2005
Radical History Review Issue 93, Homeland Securities, Fall, Duke University Press.
2005
Eleven Eleven (1111): Journal of Literature and Art, Volume 2, California College of the Arts.
2005
American Art, A Cultural History, Bjelajac, David, Second Edition, Pearson Inc.
2004
The New Collusion, Catalogue, Contemporary Arts Council, Chicago.
2003
Cuirt Annual, Culture & Conflict Group: Settlement, Galway Arts Centre (Ireland).
2003
Re:Figure, Catalogue, Gahlberg Gallery, DuPage, Illinois.
2003
Poetry Review, Vol 92 No 4 Winter 2002/3. Artist�s Feature. (U.K).
2002
2002 Biennial Exhibition, 2002 Whitney Biennial Catalogue, Whitney Museum of Art.
2001
Cepa Journal, �The Culture & Conflict Group�, Davis, Lyell & Nickard, Gary, May.
1997
Artists Page, F-News, October issue, School of the Art Institute, Chicago.
1995
New International Contemporaries, Exhibition Catalogue, Taipei, Taiwan.


Grants/Awards
2009
Jerome Foundation Travel and Study Grant
2009
CEC Artslink, FACE Croatia, The Fund for Croatian Arts and Cultural Exchange
2003
Stipend, Woolworth Building Residency, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, New York.
2002
Community Arts Assistance Program Grant, Chicago.
2000
Community Arts Assistance Program Grant, Chicago.
2000
Ragdale Foundation/Union League and Civic Arts Foundation Fellowship.
2000
Jurors Award, 15th Evanston + Vicinity Biennial.
1997
School of the Art Institute of Chicago International Student Scholarship.
1996
Northern Arts Small Assistance Award, UK.
1996
Lawlor Foundation Scholarship, UK.
1996
Prince�s Trust Award, UK.
1996
Training & Employment Council Grant for Study Abroad, UK.
1995
Northern Print Studio Graduate Bursary, UK.